A vulnerability was found in GNU LibreDWG up to 0.14. The affected element is the function read_2004_compressed_section of the file src/decode.c of the component Dwgread Utility. Performing a manipulation results in heap-based buffer overflow. The attack is only possible with local access. The exploit has been made public and could be used. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.

Metrics

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact Low

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact Low

Vulnerable System Availability Impact Low

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Gnu
  • Libredwg

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References
Link Providers
https://github.com/HackC0der/CVE-Repos/blob/main/libredwg/libredwg_6d6a339_heap_oob_write_read_2004_compressed_section.dwg cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/LibreDWG/libredwg/issues/1241 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/submit/814248 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/vuln/365482 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/vuln/365482/cti cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.gnu.org/ cve-icon cve-icon
History

Tue, 26 May 2026 13:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Mon, 25 May 2026 20:45:00 +0000

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Description A vulnerability was found in GNU LibreDWG up to 0.14. The affected element is the function read_2004_compressed_section of the file src/decode.c of the component Dwgread Utility. Performing a manipulation results in heap-based buffer overflow. The attack is only possible with local access. The exploit has been made public and could be used. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
Title GNU LibreDWG Dwgread Utility decode.c read_2004_compressed_section heap-based overflow
First Time appeared Gnu
Gnu libredwg
Weaknesses CWE-119
CWE-122
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gnu:libredwg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Gnu
Gnu libredwg
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 4.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P'}
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published: 2026-05-25T20:15:11.726Z

Updated: 2026-05-26T12:54:56.758Z

Reserved: 2026-05-25T10:03:48.361Z

Link: CVE-2026-9500

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-26T12:54:40.880Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-05-25T21:16:35.680

Modified: 2026-05-26T19:54:40.357

Link: CVE-2026-9500

cve-icon Redhat

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